Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Soviet Sappers

Hot on the heels of my questionably clad mortar crew is this rather smarter engineer unit. These comrades were assembled from an ICM hard plastic kit. The box proclaims them to be from the Afghan War of 1979-88, while the body armour suggests they have been 'in country' for some time.

Yes there is a dog in the set but I've not painted it yet.

They are nice models. I replaced the rather fragile handle of this chap's mine detector with steel wire.

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I built my first plastic kit in about 1971 (an inevitable Airfix Spitfire IX), and can date my wargaming 'career' back to 1977 (aged 11) when in the company of my friends John and Lee I played a simple game with the Airfix (20mm) tanks we had accumulated. Soon a chance find of a couple of Don Featherstone books in the local library revealed that 'grown-ups' did this sort of thing too! I joined Wargame Developments in 1985 and have attended their annual Conference of Wargamers (COW) since 1990. I have also, together with Bob Cordery, been organising it for the past few years. My main interest has always been WW2, with a side order of various postwar conflicts. I also dabble in earlier periods. I am particularly interested in 'operational' level games.